The Abandonment of Reason is a Survival Mechanism

[touchofstrange]

Yo. And aloha.

I live on Maui and I'm actually going to open a bookstore called Touch of Strange.

I got the name from a Theodore Sturgeon short story of the same name. He passed years ago, a prolific figure in scifi writing. I reached out to one of his still breathing children and asked her permission to use the name. She was enthusiastic about the idea and it was a YES.

If you haven't read the story, I'll try to dig it up for you. It's about cussing mermaids and how they are almost humanoid, but with a "touch of strange".

How did you come across your name?

I was trying to use it for my tumblr but it said it was taken, so reaching out out of curiosity.

Hi there!

Thank you for reaching out! You’re the first person to recognize the source of my username. :D Yep, it was Sturgeon’s story that inspired it. I was maybe 11-12 back in the late 1980s and got hold of a copy of the Hugo Award Winners 3rd Anthology. I read Slow Sculpture for the first time, and have been a devoted fan of his ever since.

Being that it was pre-internet days, getting hold of his work at the time was challenging, but I was lucky enough to find a copy of the ‘58 printing of the collection ‘A Touch of Strange’ at a tiny used book store in a very rural, midwestern town. Slow Sculpture remains my favorite story of his, but A Touch of Strange is certainly one of the top ten (along with The World Well Lost, Affair with a Green Monkey, The Girl Had Guts, and others).

I love the idea of a book store by that name! And it’s so wonderful that you’ve got the blessing of one of his children. That’s so exciting! I wish you the best of luck with it and I hope everything goes smoothly & successfully with getting it up and running! :)

I am sorry that the username isn’t available; I’ve toyed with the idea of changing it in the past but it’s also my username at quite a few other places as well and it has become rather personally synonymous with my online identity. I hope it offers some relief that it’s a fellow Sturgeon fan who’s using it though!

Thank you again for reaching out! Your message was truly delightful! Take care!

[whimsycatcher]

Art for the lovely @touchofstrange (who bid on a commissioned piece to help fundraise for @coinelot years ago...) I really enjoyed illustrating this touching scene from their story: “All Things Bright and Beautiful” (on AO3). I won't spoil anything beyond what my drawing suggests, but do certainly recommend reading the fic for context! ;)

For those unable to get to the story, I still hope you enjoy seeing these angsty, magic boys - and the cat! ❤

(Festival season coming up, so expect me to be a touch more active! Doing @aftercamlann ... and probably @kinkalot ... I've repressed myself from Merlin smut for too long, haha...)

[touchofstrange]

Whimsy! OMG This is amazing!! I absolutely love what you’ve done!! It’s so beautiful and I adore the direction you went!! Such a phenomenal idea and executed so brilliantly in your gorgeous style! I love it so, so much!!!🥰😍❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💖

[carryonlikewedidbefore]

I’ve been watiting for this film for a year and it didn’t disappoint me … Except for the lack of Darkwood Baelin

[jazzforthecaptain]

I'm a graphic designer for a college these days, and just had the opportunity to meet one of the directors of our design program. She lit up when I mentioned the value of handmade things in graphic design, and said "will you please say that out loud? So many of my students think a graphic design career is only about digital work."

So let me underline this, design students: your traditional work has value. Your handmade things have value. Learning software is important, but your ability to make handmade things is valuable to your graphic design work too. In a field where automation and pre-built templates already streamlines so much of the grunt work of design, your understanding of the mechanics of traditional printmaking, drawing, painting, sculpture, and photography will make your work stand out. There will always, always be a need for designers with paint and ink and graphite on their hands. If you love those things, you don't have to give up on them to pursue graphic design. They'll make your projects better and inherently yours just by doing them, whether an art piece figures into your projects or not.

And let me be the voice in your head whispering do iiiiiit... put your art in your design work...

What's more, it'll be the works incorporating art and design that shape future design trends. If you love art, it can be a part of your design work. They aren't mutually exclusive.

[daebom]

THE CROW (1994) dir. Alex Proyas

[itskindofablur]

Jim Steinman

November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021

Thank you for making our rock n roll dreams come through. 💔

[bumblebeelucky]

I made this video after binge-watching Merlin, I'm not that good at videos but it makes me happy and I think the song (Queen - I Was Born To Love You) is absolutely perfect for Merlin and Arthur ❤️

[mortmere]

I made this picture to wish happy 60th birthday to my friend @frexdp - I think Ray and Fraser would turn 60 around now as well, give or take a few months; the canon isn’t specific about that but I figure they could both have been born in early 1961. 

Also on AO3.

[cowboyhudsons]

[settiai]

They have called this day the eleventh of March! And whomsoever of you gets through this day, unless you are shot in the head or somehow slain, you will stand at tiptoe when e'er you hear the name again! And you will get excited at the name March the eleventh! We happy few, we few, we band of brothers. Our names will be as like household names!  And those who are not here, be they sleeping or doing something else, they will feel themselves sort of crappy!  Because they are not here to join the fight on this day the eleventh of March!

[mellaithwen]

Due South fam, its hereeeee

[thisbluespirit]

Endless list of favourite characters: Seventh Doctor (Doctor Who BBC TV 1987-1996; Sylvester McCoy.)

“Scared? Why should you be scared? You’re the one with the gun… And you like guns, don’t you?” // “He’ll kill you.” // “Of course he will. That’s what guns are for. Pull a trigger. End a life. Simple, isn’t it? Makes sense, doesn’t it? A life, killing life. Why don’t you do it then? Look me in the eye. Pull the trigger. End my life.”

[touchofstrange]

Ohh, I love this gifset!!

[siennavie]

*The historically accurate response, I believe. But what about Merlin is historically accurate anyway so…don’t mind me…I’ll just see myself to the door ;)

[touchofstrange]

OMG I’m rolling... 🤣😂🤣. Each reply is so, so perfect! And, omg Lancelot at the end!! Perfection!! As always, your comics are freakin’ adorable and just the best evar!!

[princesshamlet-deactivated20210]

Doctor Who, “Ghost Light,” 1989

[touchofstrange]

Because I couldn’t help myself!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27533191

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Post s15e18

Episode coda

[jeffreyss]

Dean & Castiel || “I love you.” [15x18] We are here folks. People have waited 12 years for this and we finally have it. If someone were to tell me my favorite ship is going to be canon 3 years ago… i would’ve laughed in their face. But here we are. We are real. This is real.

[sook-hee]

What The Fuck Did I Just Watch For You: a memoir by a fan of actors with terrible filmographies

[touchofstrange]

Soooo many terrible movies!! It’s like a form of self-flagellation; but I’ll continue to torture myself for a brief glimpse of my favs!

[night-dawn-day]

Bill Paxton as Pvt. William Hudson in ALIENS (1986)